Independent News & People Network Desk of News

Pulwama terror attack wanted Hamza Burhan shot dead in PoK

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:40:50+00:00

Arjumand Gulzar Dar alias Hamza Burhan was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir like several other terrorists and ISI agents in the past

Discussion
•••

Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield byelection – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:34:31+00:00

Prime minister tells reporters reporters he would campaign personally in the contestThe Home Office has also published asylum figures this morning. These show that the number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in hotels stood at 20,885 at the end of March 2026, down 35% year-on-year from 32,326. The Press Association says:It is the lowest figure since data was first reported in 2022, Home Office figures show.The total had climbed as high as 56,018 at the end of September 2023.Brits are leaving on a massive scale and non-EU immigration remains far too high. Mass immigration undermines o

Discussion
•••

Align Technology to invest ₹1,800 crore in Telangana

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:33:48+00:00

The proposed manufacturing facility, which will be the fourth for Align Technology globally, is expected to create more than 300 direct jobs over the next several years

Discussion
•••

Elevation Capital to sell 1.3% stake in Paytm parent company

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:32:21+00:00

Saif III Mauritius Company Ltd, Saif Partners India IV Ltd  will collectively sell up to 8.6 million shares, representing approximately 1.3 per cent of Paytm’s total outstanding equity

Discussion
•••

Immediate and deeper factors behind Re fall

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:30:45+00:00

Oil price spike, currency hedging and FPI pullout are immediate forces. The last is a structural issue as well. Patient capital comes with productivity gains

Discussion
•••

Les défenseurs de la cause palestinienne dénoncent le décalage entre le discours et les actes du gouvernement français

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-21T15:30:09+00:00

Des artistes et militants palestiniens se heurtent à des difficultés pour entrer ou rester sur le territoire français. Des différences d’appréciation apparaissent entre le ministère des affaires étrangères et celui de l’intérieur, qui met régulièrement en avant des raisons « sécuritaires ».

Discussion
•••

Ecuador’s Disappeared

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:30:00+00:00

Fault Lines investigates forced disappearances conducted by Ecuador’s military while waging a war against drug cartels.

Discussion
•••

Kyiv Independent б’є на сполох: нові квоти ЄС на сталь стануть ще одним ударом по українській металургії після запуску CBAM

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-21T15:28:00+00:00

Kyiv Independent попередила, що нові квоти ЄС на сталь можуть стати ще одним ударом по українській металургії після запуску CBAM.

Discussion
•••

Senate Republicans expected to ditch $1bn funding plan for Trump’s ballroom

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:27:30+00:00

Top Republicans fear diverting taxpayer dollars toward the White House ballroom will alienate voters before midtermsSenate Republican leaders are expected to ditch a $1bn proposal for security measures tied to Donald Trump’s White House ballroom following a backlash from members of their own party.Under pressure from Trump, top Republican lawmakers tried to latch the proposal on to a roughly $70bn bill to restore funding to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the border patrol. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

До Конституційного Суду подали скаргу через ретроспективне застосування "10% обмеження" у закупівлях електроенергії

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-21T15:27:00+00:00

За словами адвокатки, проблема полягає в тому, що правила, за якими ринок працював раніше, зараз почали оцінюватися судами по-іншому.

Discussion
•••

India joins forces with China, Japan against UK steel curbs at WTO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:23:00+00:00

While backing global opposition against the July 1 tariff hikes, New Delhi is working bilaterally with London on a ‘creative’ solution to break the FTA deadlock.

Discussion
•••

Democrats release 2024 presidential campaign autopsy; Republicans could abandon $1bn proposal for Trump’s ballroom – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:21:55+00:00

DNC chair Ken Martin apologizes for delay in releasing report; Republican senators have queried timing and lack of detail on security bill additionsSign up for the Breaking News US emailSenate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats spoke held a news conference, ahead of the vote-a-rama Thursday morning.“The Republican agenda is one big broken promise,” said Schumer, criticizing the Republican budget bill. “We still haven’t seen the bill, because they are fighting with each other.”Trump v Cook: Donald Trump’s case for firing Federal Reserve

Discussion
•••

New TN govt must continue working women’s hostel scheme

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:21:34+00:00

Tamil Nadu has shown the way for providing safe housing for working women. Other States must emulate this model

Discussion
•••

Emami Q4 net falls 11.7% to ₹143.17 crore, revenue declines 3.9%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:19:43+00:00

During Q4, international biz declined by 5%, primarily on account of the West Asia conflict which impacted shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz

Discussion
•••

Tennessee set to execute first person forced to represent himself at trial in more than a century

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:16:10+00:00

Tony Carruthers’s lawyers say no evidence tied him to 1994 crimes he was convicted of and is mentally incompetentSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailTennessee is scheduled on Thursday to execute a prison inmate whose lawyers claim there was no physical evidence tying him to the crimes he was convicted of and is mentally incompetent. Additionally, the inmate’s lawyers believe that the state may be using expired lethal injection drugs to carry out the sentence.Tony Carruthers, 57, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the 1994 kidnappings and murders of Marcellos Anders

Discussion
•••

Економіка майбутнього орієнтована на приватні інвестиції та розвиток промисловості, - Мінекономіки

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-21T15:15:00+00:00

За словами Марчак, стратегія передбачає модель, у якій людина має свободу заробляти, інвестувати і планувати своє життя в Україні, свободу вести бізнес, прозорі правила гри та відхід від патерналізму

Discussion
•••

У ФСТЭКа сменится руководитель

Source: Vedomosti – All News · Published: 2026-05-21T15:14:07+00:00

Место директора службы займет первый заместитель директора Виталий Лютиков

Discussion
•••

У ФСТЭК сменится руководитель

Source: Vedomosti – All News · Published: 2026-05-21T15:14:07+00:00

Место директора службы займет первый заместитель директора Виталий Лютиков

Discussion
•••

US-Iran diplomacy picks up: What’s the latest?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:10:12+00:00

Iranian media reported that the Pakistani interior minister is in Iran to help the US and Iran reach a peace deal.

Discussion
•••

VA Tech Wabag Q4 PAT up 28.6% at ₹128 crore

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-21T15:06:16+00:00

Revenue from operations grew 24 per cent to ₹1,446 crore 

Discussion
•••

Macron under pressure over reparatory justice for France’s role in slave trade

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:05:15+00:00

Demands grow for launch of formal discussion process on how country should address legacies of enslavementEmmanuel Macron is under pressure to open discussions on reparatory justice for France’s role in hundreds of years of enslavement of African people as he makes a key speech on the legacy of slavery.On Thursday the French president will celebrate the 25th anniversary of France becoming the first country in the world to recognise the slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity in a 2001 law brought by Christiane Taubira, a leading MP from French Guiana. Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Macron says France must address issue of reparations for its role in slave trade

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:05:15+00:00

French president’s use of term comes as demand grows for formal discussion on addressing legacies of enslavementEmmanuel Macron has said reparations for France’s role in hundreds of years of enslavement of African people is an issue that should be addressed, but he stopped short of making clear proposals.“How to repair … is a question that must not be refused,” the French president said in a speech on the legacies of slavery at the Élysée Palace. “It’s also a question on which we must not make false promises.” Continue reading...

Discussion
•••

Turquie : un journaliste de la Deutsche Welle remis en liberté conditionnelle

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-21T15:03:47+00:00

Le journaliste turc Alican Uludag a été remis en liberté conditionnelle trois mois après le début de sa détention à Istanbul. Il reste poursuivi pour « insulte au président » et « diffusion publique de fausses informations ».

Discussion
•••

New Orleans prosecutors file formal battery charges against Shia LaBeouf

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-21T15:03:19+00:00

Prosecutors opt not to pursue hate-crime charges over February incident despite anti-gay slurs captured on videoNew Orleans state prosecutors on Thursday filed formal misdemeanor battery charges against Shia LaBeouf, four months after police officers there arrested him on allegations that he struck three men at a bar.That move from the office of local district attorney Jason Williams means prosecutors opted to not pursue hate-crime charges against LaBeouf, the star of the Transformers film franchise, despite claims evidently supported by video that LaBeouf aimed anti-gay slurs at the alleged v

Discussion
•••
news

Editorial wall of the news flow

A query on the internal database produces an ordered selection of articles, ready for reading and discussion.